Shovel



(No Model.)

J. HINOHMAN.

SHOVEL. N0. 366 099. Patented July 5, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

JEREMIAH HINOHMAN, OF SENECA FALLS, NEWYORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,099, dated July 5, 1887.

' Application filed April 16, 1887. Serial No. 935,082. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEREMIAH HINOHMAN,

a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Seneca Falls, in the county of Seneca and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shovels, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates to an attachment for snow and grain shovels, adapted to serve as a protector thereto; and it consists in an improved cast steel or iron edge-plate, to be secured on the lower edge of the shovel by screws, bolts, or rivets, and adapted by the peculiar shape thereof to receive all the wear to which the shovel is subjected, thus enabling one shovel to outwear several edge-plates, which are made detachable and readily adjusted to their proper position.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the shovel. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same on the line a: m of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the attachment detached from the shovel. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the shovel.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the blade of the shovel; B, the handle secured to the front side of the same in any preferred manner, and G the edge-plate comprising myinvention. The said edge-plate is sharpened to an edge on the lower side and provided with a slot, 0, in the upper edge, in which to secure the lower edge of the shovelblade. The lip or flange D, which passes up on the reverse side of the said blade, is beveled off at the upper edge, so as to present no abrupt angle at that point, and it will be seen that the rounded portion D thus provided on the rear side of the blade will prevent the shovel proper from coming in contact with the ground or floor, and thus protect the same; The front or upper side of the edge-plate is beveled down to the face of the shovel-blade, to afford no obstruction which will interfere with the use of the shovel; and E E are ears, of any desired number, formed on the upper edge of the said edge-plate, the edges of which ears are beveled, and they are further provided with perforations through which are passed the screws or bolts e, to secure the edgeplate to the lower edge of the shovel. The

said attachment is applicable to any shovel,

and the use thereof will be found of great advantage, as it is obvious that the said edgeplate may be more easily and cheaply made than an entire shovel.

The plates maybe made of all sizes,to suit all kinds of shovels; and it is further evident that if the said edges are used on iron shovels-as coal-shovels, for instance-they may be tempered very hard, and thus obviate in many 0 cases the necessity of tempering the blade of the shovel. It will be understood that for use on thiniron shovels the edge-plates would necessarily be made very small or thin; but that fact would not detract in any degree from the utility or effectiveness thereof, as they would protect the edge of the shovel-blade from wear (which otherwise would shorten the same) and also from being bent and notched or dented.

It will be seen by referring to Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawings that the edge'plate is disposed at a slight angle to the blade of the shovel, the object being to enable the said edge to be brought fiat to the floor or ground without lowering the handle so far as to be inconvenient. Also, by setting the said plate at an angle to the blade, greater prominence is given to the rounded flange D, this being an important feature in the invention, as it is the means of protect-ing the reverse side of the said blade,

holding it from frictional contact with the ground or-fioor when in use.

I am aware that it is not new to prov1de a protecting edge-plate for shovels, and I do not claim this, broadly.

I am also aware that it is common to provide the upper edge with a groove to receive the lower edge of the shovel-blade, and also to provide ears to bear on the upper surface of the said blade; but the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts, as herein described and shown, is, I believe, new.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. The combination, with a shovel, of the edge-plate having a groove in the upper edge, integral perforated ears to be secured to the frontside of the blade, and theintegral rounded flange to bear against the rear side of the blade to protect the same from wear,substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore specified.

2. The combination, with a shovel, of the edge-plate having a groove in the upper edge 1 In testimony thatIclaim the foregoingas my IO inclined to the upper surface of the said plate, own I havehereto affixed my signature in presperforated ears on the upper side of the blade mice of two witnesses.

and beveled to an edge at the upper ends, and i the rounded flange to rest on the rear side of I JEREMIAH HINOHMAN.

the blade and adapted to project rearwardly to protect the rear side of the shovel-blade, Witnesses: substantially as described, for the purpose set G. B. FOLLETT, forth. OHAs'. T. HALL. 

